`Company' Revival Keeps Selling Out

October 27, 1995|The New York Times

It looks as if Company has legs. As another hundred people (more or less) line up every night at the Roundabout Theater to wait for ticket cancellations for the sold-out musical, final plans are being made to move it to a Nederlander house after it ends its Roundabout run on Dec. 3.

Several people involved in the transfer said all the signs looked good for a move to the Brooks Atkinson Theater. The Nederlanders, who invested $300,000 in the $2 million Roundabout production, kept the Atkinson vacant in hopes that the revival of the 1970 musical would be worth an extended Broadway stay.

In spite of mixed reviews, it apparently has. Todd Haimes, the Roundabout's artistic director, said Company sold more than $1 million in tickets - on top of the normal subscription sales - before the opening.